Chapter 16
Three weeks have passed since the Day of Fate.
Thanks to the effect of my information manipulation and certain circumstances, I’m currently able to live my life as a Demon King quietly and comfortably.
As for those so-called certain circumstances, it looks like monsters left one of the inviolable areas — the Domain.
Until now it was an accepted theory that monsters couldn’t live anywhere but inside the inviolable areas.
The inviolable areas occupy huge chunks of the former world’s land, forcing humanity into a shortage of land and food. There were warnings that humanity might collapse in the near future, if it goes on like this.
Having said this, if you were to ask anyone whether they want to challenge Domains with their own life as bargain chip, the answer would be no.
Small quantities of food and a restrained life. But, many humans didn’t try to change that, saying “Eventually someone that’s not me will likely resolve these issues, so why should I risk it?”
However, that peace was torn apart.
The abnormal, or in other words, grotesque monsters, which used to only inhabit the Domains, invaded the sphere of their ordinary everyday lives.
Many humans panicked. At this rate there’s no place that’s safe.
“In that case, I have to obtain power in order to at least protect myself or the people I love—”
Many of the humans, who had only been spectating until now, were worried due to their current state of being level 1 and were lured towards the Domains to raise their levels.
Being promoted with that kind of background as well, my Domain was always full.
The humans have set up a reception desk at the entrance to my Domain.
They started organizing the humans invading my Domain.
What they exactly organized is—
The above-mentioned rules were courteously posted on the net, too.
Due to this arbitrarily decided management by the humans, I had to deal with being attacked four times per day.
My preparations are perfect though. The rest is just me adjusting the balance.
The point is to not repel them too much. It’s about inciting their passion for gambling by moderately giving them rewards.
If I were to completely annihilate the invading humans, no new ones would come afterwards. On the other hand, if I don’t defeat even a single one, it will be a heavy loss for me due to not being able to gain experience.
I tune the invader’s survival rate at 80%.
If 12 people challenge my Domain, It’s almost certain that 2~3 will die.
Survival rate of 80% — 2 out of 10 parties will wipe. Or, if 10 people raid, 2 will die.
Considering it normally, that’s an impossible degree of difficulty. If it was a peaceful world, no one would ever challenge it under normal conditions.
The bargaining chip — life — is too expensive.
However, the state of the current world was by no means peaceful.
The price of life crashed drastically— it was a broken world.
Once I checked the net, the majority of the Domains had a survival rate of less than 50%. Among them there were even some Domains with a survival rate of 0%.
With such circumstances existing as well, my Domain that was regulated towards a survival rate of 80% enjoyed a high popularity.
Luring the humans with slimes and bats, I steadily killed the invaders by dispatching packs of wolves or goblins from time to time.
Also the equipment of the Black Iron Series, which appear from the treasure chests at a rate of one item per 7 days, grandly stirred the gambling spirit of the invaders. By the way, even if it was a miss, they would still acquire one equipment piece from the Iron Series per day.
Alright. My life as demon king was going really well.
On one day my Domain was invaded by the strongest humans, said to be over level 3 each and having one person using a weapon of the Black Iron Series, four people using weapons of the Iron Series and the others wearing equipment of the Wood Series, but I barely escaped by annihilating them with the cheat goblins and the Silver Series kobolds.
Was it a blunder to have annihilated all the high level humans? I was flustered about that, but once I checked the net—
１０３ Unknown Adventurer ＩＤ：ｍａｓｅｆｓｅ
That Hero-sama’s party was apparently annihilated in Kanezawa?
１０７ Unknown Adventurer ＩＤ：ｚｓｒｆｓｗａ
Hero-sama shouldn’t invade a farm!
１１３ Unknown Adventurer ＩＤ：ｍｓｄｒｅｓｄ
Didn’t they advance too deep after getting cocky?
１４２ Unknown Adventurer ＩＤ：ｓｅｆｂｇｒｓ
Cause of Defeat: Because they were little boys playing around.
Luckily for me, with many viewpoints stating that the high-leveled humans were killed after having advanced too deep into the dungeon, the truth was buried in darkness.
Or rather, if you kill a human equipping the Black Iron Series, they also drop a weapon of the Black Iron Series?
What a great deal since I can recycle it from now on.
And, as a result of killing 12 high-leveled adventurers—I experienced two big changes.
First, I went up to level 2.
I expected that there might be some kind of iconic level-up sound, but it was a simple electronic sound, similar to the ringtone of receiving a mail on the smartphone.
The announcement sound was a let-down, but the benefit of the level-up was huge.
The first benefit was my maximum CP going up to 200. The number of items I can create has increased thanks to this. As a result, this led to a drastic reinforcement of my combat prowess. In addition, the amount of recovered CP per hour went up from 10 to 20, too.
The second benefit was me acquiring 5 BP. Just when I thought it would only be 1 BP, it turned out to actually be 5 BP, which made me extremely happy.
Another change was — some goblins evolved.
Three goblins involved into Goblin Archers!
The evolved goblins were the ones I had frequently entrusted with the task of finishing off the invaders.
The exact changes in their strength are still unknown, but their ranks grew from E to D. It’s at the level of them becoming around 5 cm taller and their dry skin improving just a little bit.
Hmm. Until now, I used my subordinates with the thinking of equaling them as consumable goods, but won’t it be better to form an elite unit and have them focus on finishing off enemies, once they evolve?
The evolved goblins are all members of the goblins I quipped with bows. That’s why they’re called Goblin Archer? Would they have become Goblin Fighters or Goblin Knights if they had used swords?
Other subordinates besides goblins should be able to evolve as well, right? Until now I preserved my kobolds, but should I allow them to evolve? Having treated the wolves, who were granted the duty to finish off humans several times, as consumable goods is really regrettable…
Thanks to this time’s evolution, I reflected on my subordinate management from now on.
The result of deliberating for some time was me deciding to pick subordinates whom I will give the chance to evolve in the future.
One goblin that wielded an axe and a shield. One goblin that used bow and arrow. One wolf. One kobold wielding a sword and shield. One kobold equipped with a spear and shield.
Since my subordinates don’t possess names and as I can’t distinguish them by appearance, I decided to divide the individuals by having the kobold, who had a spear and shield, wear a Silver helmet, making the other kobold wear a Black Iron helmet, dyeing the wolf bluish white as it can’t equip any items, giving a red hat to the goblin with bow and arrows, and a blue hat to the goblin I had equipped with axe and shield.
I was curious about the evolution of slimes, rats and bats, too, but after judging it difficult to give them the chance to deliver the killing blow, I postponed it.
I deployed all the chosen subordinates in the vicinity of the treasure chests. I ordered them to deliver the finishing blow after the targets were brought close to death by packs of wolves and goblins using archery.
The evolution of my subordinates greatly jolted my curiosity as I passed my life as a Demon King that lacked any diversion.
Chapter 16
Three weeks have passed since the Day of Fate.
Thanks to the effect of my information manipulation and certain circumstances, I’m currently able to live my life as a Demon King quietly and comfortably.
As for those so-called certain circumstances, it looks like monsters left one of the inviolable areas — the Domain.
Until now it was an accepted theory that monsters couldn’t live anywhere but inside the inviolable areas.
The inviolable areas occupy huge chunks of the former world’s land, forcing humanity into a shortage of land and food. There were warnings that humanity might collapse in the near future, if it goes on like this.
Having said this, if you were to ask anyone whether they want to challenge Domains with their own life as bargain chip, the answer would be no.
Small quantities of food and a restrained life. But, many humans didn’t try to change that, saying “Eventually someone that’s not me will likely resolve these issues, so why should I risk it?”
However, that peace was torn apart.
The abnormal, or in other words, grotesque monsters, which used to only inhabit the Domains, invaded the sphere of their ordinary everyday lives.
Many humans panicked. At this rate there’s no place that’s safe.
“In that case, I have to obtain power in order to at least protect myself or the people I love—”
Many of the humans, who had only been spectating until now, were worried due to their current state of being level 1 and were lured towards the Domains to raise their levels.
Being promoted with that kind of background as well, my Domain was always full.
The humans have set up a reception desk at the entrance to my Domain.
They started organizing the humans invading my Domain.
What they exactly organized is—
The above-mentioned rules were courteously posted on the net, too.
Due to this arbitrarily decided management by the humans, I had to deal with being attacked four times per day.
My preparations are perfect though. The rest is just me adjusting the balance.
The point is to not repel them too much. It’s about inciting their passion for gambling by moderately giving them rewards.
If I were to completely annihilate the invading humans, no new ones would come afterwards. On the other hand, if I don’t defeat even a single one, it will be a heavy loss for me due to not being able to gain experience.
I tune the invader’s survival rate at 80%.
If 12 people challenge my Domain, It’s almost certain that 2~3 will die.
Survival rate of 80% — 2 out of 10 parties will wipe. Or, if 10 people raid, 2 will die.
Considering it normally, that’s an impossible degree of difficulty. If it was a peaceful world, no one would ever challenge it under normal conditions.
The bargaining chip — life — is too expensive.
However, the state of the current world was by no means peaceful.
The price of life crashed drastically— it was a broken world.
Once I checked the net, the majority of the Domains had a survival rate of less than 50%. Among them there were even some Domains with a survival rate of 0%.
With such circumstances existing as well, my Domain that was regulated towards a survival rate of 80% enjoyed a high popularity.
Luring the humans with slimes and bats, I steadily killed the invaders by dispatching packs of wolves or goblins from time to time.
Also the equipment of the Black Iron Series, which appear from the treasure chests at a rate of one item per 7 days, grandly stirred the gambling spirit of the invaders. By the way, even if it was a miss, they would still acquire one equipment piece from the Iron Series per day.
Alright. My life as demon king was going really well.
On one day my Domain was invaded by the strongest humans, said to be over level 3 each and having one person using a weapon of the Black Iron Series, four people using weapons of the Iron Series and the others wearing equipment of the Wood Series, but I barely escaped by annihilating them with the cheat goblins and the Silver Series kobolds.
Was it a blunder to have annihilated all the high level humans? I was flustered about that, but once I checked the net—
１０３ Unknown Adventurer ＩＤ：ｍａｓｅｆｓｅ
That Hero-sama’s party was apparently annihilated in Kanezawa?
１０７ Unknown Adventurer ＩＤ：ｚｓｒｆｓｗａ
Hero-sama shouldn’t invade a farm!
１１３ Unknown Adventurer ＩＤ：ｍｓｄｒｅｓｄ
Didn’t they advance too deep after getting cocky?
１４２ Unknown Adventurer ＩＤ：ｓｅｆｂｇｒｓ
Cause of Defeat: Because they were little boys playing around.
Luckily for me, with many viewpoints stating that the high-leveled humans were killed after having advanced too deep into the dungeon, the truth was buried in darkness.
Or rather, if you kill a human equipping the Black Iron Series, they also drop a weapon of the Black Iron Series?
What a great deal since I can recycle it from now on.
And, as a result of killing 12 high-leveled adventurers—I experienced two big changes.
First, I went up to level 2.
I expected that there might be some kind of iconic level-up sound, but it was a simple electronic sound, similar to the ringtone of receiving a mail on the smartphone.
The announcement sound was a let-down, but the benefit of the level-up was huge.
The first benefit was my maximum CP going up to 200. The number of items I can create has increased thanks to this. As a result, this led to a drastic reinforcement of my combat prowess. In addition, the amount of recovered CP per hour went up from 10 to 20, too.
The second benefit was me acquiring 5 BP. Just when I thought it would only be 1 BP, it turned out to actually be 5 BP, which made me extremely happy.
Another change was — some goblins evolved.
Three goblins involved into Goblin Archers!
The evolved goblins were the ones I had frequently entrusted with the task of finishing off the invaders.
The exact changes in their strength are still unknown, but their ranks grew from E to D. It’s at the level of them becoming around 5 cm taller and their dry skin improving just a little bit.
Hmm. Until now, I used my subordinates with the thinking of equaling them as consumable goods, but won’t it be better to form an elite unit and have them focus on finishing off enemies, once they evolve?
The evolved goblins are all members of the goblins I quipped with bows. That’s why they’re called Goblin Archer? Would they have become Goblin Fighters or Goblin Knights if they had used swords?
Other subordinates besides goblins should be able to evolve as well, right? Until now I preserved my kobolds, but should I allow them to evolve? Having treated the wolves, who were granted the duty to finish off humans several times, as consumable goods is really regrettable…
Thanks to this time’s evolution, I reflected on my subordinate management from now on.
The result of deliberating for some time was me deciding to pick subordinates whom I will give the chance to evolve in the future.
One goblin that wielded an axe and a shield. One goblin that used bow and arrow. One wolf. One kobold wielding a sword and shield. One kobold equipped with a spear and shield.
Since my subordinates don’t possess names and as I can’t distinguish them by appearance, I decided to divide the individuals by having the kobold, who had a spear and shield, wear a Silver helmet, making the other kobold wear a Black Iron helmet, dyeing the wolf bluish white as it can’t equip any items, giving a red hat to the goblin with bow and arrows, and a blue hat to the goblin I had equipped with axe and shield.
I was curious about the evolution of slimes, rats and bats, too, but after judging it difficult to give them the chance to deliver the killing blow, I postponed it.
I deployed all the chosen subordinates in the vicinity of the treasure chests. I ordered them to deliver the finishing blow after the targets were brought close to death by packs of wolves and goblins using archery.
The evolution of my subordinates greatly jolted my curiosity as I passed my life as a Demon King that lacked any diversion.
